Mayank Manish, Mr. Ravikant, Mr. Vineet Upadhyay and Mr. Jayant Dubey, Advocates v. NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION AND ANR

W.P.(C) 19295/2025 & connected matters Page 1 of 4 $~54, 55, 56 & 58 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 19295/2025 & CM APPL. 80532/2025 INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (WOMEN) .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mayank Manish, Mr. Ravikant, Mr. Vineet Upadhyay and Mr. Jayant Dubey, Advocates. versus NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anuj Kapoor, Mr. Shivom Sethi and Mr. Nandeesh Nanda, Advocates. 55 + W.P.(C) 19319/2025 SHYAM KARAN SMARAK MAHAVIDYALAYA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Abhishek Singh, Ms. Priyanka Madavaram and Mr. Karan Chaudhary, Advocates. versus NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anuj Kapoor, Mr. Shivom Sethi and Mr. Nandeesh Nanda, Advocates. 56 + W.P.(C) 19322/2025 RAMSWAROOP COLLEGE OF EDUCATION .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankit Karna and Ms. Preeti Sharma, Advocates. versus This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 26/12/2025 at 12:31:01 W.P.(C) 19295/2025 & connected matters Page 2 of 4 NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anuj Kapoor, Mr. Shivom Sethi and Mr. Nandeesh Nanda, Advocates. 58 + W.P.(C) 19329/2025 MATA KUSUMA DEVI COLLEGE OF EDUCATION .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Abhishek Singh, Ms. Priyanka Madavaram and Mr. Karan Chaudhary, Advocates. versus NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anuj Kapoor, Mr. Shivom Sethi and Mr. Nandeesh Nanda, Advocates. CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH O R D E R % 22.12.2025 CM APPL. 80533/2025 (Exemption) in W.P.(C) 19295/2025 CM APPL. 80678/2025 (Exemption) in W.P.(C) 19322/2025 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Applications stand disposed of. W.P.(C) 19295/2025 & CM APPL. 80532/2025 W.P.(C) 19319/2025 W.P.(C) 19322/2025 W.P.(C) 19329/2025 3. These writ petitions have been filed by the Petitioners under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following reliefs:- W.P.(C) 19295/2025 “(a) Issue Writ of Certiorari quashing of the withdrawal order dated 04.06.2025 issued by the Respondent No.02; withdrawing recognition of This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 26/12/2025 at 12:31:01 W.P.(C) 19295/2025 & connected matters Page 3 of 4 petitioner institution for running the B.Ed. course; and (b) Issue Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondent No.2 to issue Restoration of Recognition Order to the Petitioner Institution, thereby restoring its recognition with all consequential benefits of being a recognised institution; in respect of the aforesaid B.Ed. course of the Petitioner Institution; and (c) Issue Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondent No.2 to consequently update its website by displaying the recognised status of the Petitioner Institution; and/or (d) pass any such other orders/directions as this Hon’ble Court deems fit & proper in the facts & circumstances of the matter and in the interest of justice.” W.P.(C) 19319/2025 “a) Issue a Writ of Certiorari and quash the decision taken by Respondent No. 2 [NRC-NCTE] through the Minutes of 441st Meeting of the NRC held on 21st – 22nd May, 2025, wherein the Petitioner college is shown at S. No. 714 of colleges where stipulated time period of 15 days is over and the institution has not submitted any reply, Vide which the Recognition of Petitioner’s Institution for the D.El.Ed. course was withdrawn with effect from the Academic Year 2025–2026; AND; b) Issue a Writ of Mandamus and direct the Respondent no. 2 to restore the recognition of the petitioner institution for conducting the D.El.Ed. course commencing from the academic year 2025–2026 and all subsequent academic sessions; AND; c) Issue a Writ of Mandamus and direct the Respondent to enable the petitioner institution to participate in the counselling process and admit students to the D.El.Ed. course.” W.P.(C) 19322/2025 “A) To recall the decision taken by the NRC(R-2), NCTE, in its 461st meeting (Vol II) held on 22nd & 23rd May, 2025 whereby the recognition granted to the petitioner college was withdrawn and restore the recognition granted to the petitioner institution. B) To allow the petitioner institution to admit the students in the Course of D.EL.ED for the academic session of 2025-2026 which is to commence from Dec 2025. C) To provide a way to enable the petitioner institution to file the Performance Appraisal Report (PAR) as desired by the respondents.” This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 26/12/2025 at 12:31:01 W.P.(C) 19295/2025 & connected matters Page 4 of 4 W.P.(C) 19329/2025 “a) Issue a Writ of Certiorari and quash the decision taken by Respondent No. 2 [NRC-NCTE] through the Minutes of 441st Meeting of the NRC held on 21st – 22nd May, 2025, wherein the Petitioner college is shown at S. No. 306 of colleges where stipulated time period of 15 days is over and the institution has not submitted any reply, Vide which the Recognition of Petitioner’s Institution for the D.El.Ed. course was withdrawn with effect from the Academic Year 2025–2026; AND; b) Issue a Writ of Mandamus and direct the Respondent no. 2 to restore the recognition of the petitioner institution for conducting the D.El.Ed. course commencing from the academic year 2025–2026 and all subsequent academic sessions; AND; c) Issue a Writ of Mandamus and direct the Respondent to enable the petitioner institution to participate in the counselling process and admit students to the D.El.Ed. course.” 4. Issue notice. 5. Mr. Anuj Kapoor, learned counsel accepts notice on behalf of the Respondents. 6. Learned counsels for the respective parties are ad idem that cases of the Petitioners are covered on all four corners by judgment of this Court passed in a batch of similar petitions, one of them being W.P.(C) 5369/2025, delivered on 15.12.2025. 7. Accordingly, these writ petitions are allowed holding that the directions passed by the Court in paragraphs 12 to 16 in judgment dated 15.12.2025 will apply to the cases of the Petitioners, including the direction to permit the Petitioners to participate in the counselling for academic session 2025-2026. 8. Writ petitions stand disposed of. Pending application also stands disposed of. JYOTI SINGH, J DECEMBER 22, 2025/RW